Thursday, February 28, 2013
The proof that Stefanie Powers' reincarnation of Tallulah Bankhead had thoroughly seduced the audience at the revival of Looped was not the waves of laughter at how adroitly she tossed off p…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 27, 2013
This Broadway Across America edition of Les Miserables is not some cynical attempt to wring just one more quart of milk from the cash cow. Instead, this is a legitimate revival in the deepes…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 26, 2013
AAPACT'S ambitious The Amen Corner is earnest and heartfelt although most of the time, the characters and their tragic spiral simply don't feel genuine or organic. But every 20 minutes or so…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:04PM[SHARE]Monday, February 25, 2013
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre plans a massive $2.5 million renovation that will include adding VIP seating, building a more elaborate lobby with 12-foot ceilings, expanding the building itself t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:37PM[SHARE]There's certainly an appetite for WaistWatchers: The Musical " a show for the ladies who lunch as a girl's day (or night) out, which would account for one-quarter of Sunday's audience being …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 23, 2013
Stephanie Powers is stepping in as the emergency replacement for the lead part in a play in which she has 80 percent of the lines, doing it with less than two weeks' rehearsal, and re-creat…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:30PM[SHARE]Friday, February 22, 2013
About a week and a half is left to apply for the Knight Arts Challenge, which awards major grants for "cultural projects that engage and enrich Greater Miami," meaning Miami-Dade, Broward, P…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:12AM[SHARE]The psychological thriller I Know What I Am and I Am Not What You Call Me will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Adrienne Arsht Peacock Education Center, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Anyone who thinks South Florida theater is a staid traditional art form aimed solely at senior citizens will have their expectations exploded and their definitions rewritten next week with t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:16PM[SHARE]It's rare that Florida theaters extend their shows, particularly since most have another production  cued up and ready to open. But overwhelming demand has prompted two extensions. Palm B…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:13PM[SHARE]Monday, February 18, 2013
Karen Stephens' ability to submerge herself in disparate characters was highlighted in her stunning tour de force playing 14 characters in 90 minutes in Sarah Jones' Bridge & Tunnel whi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:43AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 17, 2013
Once, the dark horse that won the best musical Tony Award last Spring, will make its South Florida bow a year from now as one of the notable national tours appearing in the 2013-14 Broadway …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 14, 2013
There's more to Thinking Cap Theatre's inventive The Rover than staging a 300-year-old play with oomph enough to keep a 21st century audience interested. What director Nicole Stodard (who is…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Delray City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone selling the Arts Garage's home base for two months, giving the venue a reprieve from relocating or even closing. Faced with a…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:49PM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2013
Admit up front that the world premiere of Christina Alexander's one-woman show Hate! An American Love Story is a tad unfocused, undisciplined, even sloppy theater. Then acknowledge that it's…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:50AM[SHARE]The Book of Mormon, Broadway's biggest hit musical since The Producers, is the headlining entry in the 2013-2014 season of national tours announced Sunday by Broadway Across America " Fort L…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 10, 2013
You don't have to be a musicologist or opera aficionado to recognize the stunning meld of emotion and technique in the artistry of Rachele Gilmore's performance of the title role in Florida …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:13PM[SHARE]Friday, February 8, 2013
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre production under J. Barry Lewis' direction merits being seen for three finely-crafted performances by Maureen Anderman, Jim Ballard and Julie Kleiner, plus an outst…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 7, 2013
By Bill Hirschman It's been a season of struggles between faith and reason, intellect and romanticism, science and religion in South Florida theater: Amadeus at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Audiences members should leave the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's production of Doubt: A Parable arguing whether Father Flynn did or didn't abuse a child, and some will be unable to make up their …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, with its reputation as a quintessential mainstream house, will mix up its 2013-2014 season with titles dating back decades and the hottest play on Broadway last ye…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:21AM[SHARE]Monday, February 4, 2013
There is more passion pouring off the stage in Slow Burn Theatre Company's thrilling Side Show than in ten other musicals we've seen in the past year put together. That may result in one too…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:53AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 3, 2013
It starts slow, so slow that you fear it may never get going. But when Palm Beach Dramaworks' A Raisin in the Sun finally gets rolling, the emotional wallops arrive in every deepening wave o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 2, 2013
Parade Productions' collection of short plays by Michael McKeever, The Whole Caboodle, has the makings of a terrific evening of theatre, but an added conceptual element prevents the show fro…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:43AM[SHARE]Friday, February 1, 2013
In a classic opera depicting the battle between intellectual enlightenment and romanticism with allusions to ancient Masonic rituals, you don't expect a character to exclaim, "Mrs. Robinson,…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thirty minutes before curtain at the Broward Center Wednesday, Miranda Palumbo ecstatically grinned as a clerk at the Oz Dust Boutique stuffed a grey hooded sweater jacket into a Wicked shop…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:11AM[SHARE]You have until just before midnight today (Thursday) to contribute to the Alliance Theatre Project's online funding campaign to raise money to help pay for its revival of the acclaimed Broth…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 29, 2013
In the six years since the Coconut Grove Playhouse shuttered, irreplaceable theatrical history has festered in a fetid, crumbling structure, endangered by everything from larcenous-minded va…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:47AM[SHARE]By Bill Hirschman Illness has sidelined Valerie Harper from starring in the revival of Looped that was to kick off a new national tour at Parker Playhouse Feb. 26-March 3. The role of Tallul…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:00AM[SHARE]Looking for a peek at what might be part of next June's Summer Shorts? City Theatre is holding a free reading of as many as six contenders at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, on the second floor of…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:41AM[SHARE]Monday, January 28, 2013
With the upfront caveat that we saw an early preview, Broward Stage Door's Damn Yankees is a base hit but no triple. The cast needs to pitch with a little more spin on the ball, even with ta…
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